Profile

Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Barbera completed an honours BA in psychology, a masters degree in counselling psychology and a PhD in counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto in 2013. She has completed graduate coursework in assessment & diagnosis, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, process experiential therapy, Addiction, Personality, and additional training in DBT, ACT, EFT, IFS, self-compassion training, memory reconsolidation, EMDR and many others. Dr. Barbera has over 23 years of counselling experience in community settings such as homeless shelters, walk-in clinics, university student centres, private practice and hospital settings. She gained over 4500 hours of clinical & counselling work under the supervision of other psychologists, before becoming autonomously licensed as a psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario as a registered clinical and counselling Psychologist in 2014.

?Dr. Jennifer Barbera decided to become a psychologist after working in homeless shelters & community organizations and realizing that she most enjoyed assisting individuals in a counselling capacity to better understand themselves and find greater contentment in their lives. She enjoyed helping to put people at ease though her calm, encouraging, non-judgemental and empathic attitude. She had been working in human services since completing her BA in Psychology in 2002 and then decided to return for an additional 6 years of graduate school between 2007 & 2013 and then a year or licensing to become registered s a psychologist. Her approach is constantly evolving and eclectic to suit the unique needs and preferences of each individual and couple. She has continued to grow her knowledge & experience through extensive clinical work, additional training and supervisory experience as she supervises Registered Psychotherapists, previous Graduate students working towards registering as Psychological Associates and a current psychology graduate student.
Dr. Barbera’s area of focus is on trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She has worked with first responders and military veterans. She uses a combination of evidence-based approaches including CBT, mindfulness skills, cognitive processing and EMDR. More recently, she utilizes IFS when needed for complex trauma and a progressive approach to using EMDR and has taken several advanced EMDR and complex trauma intensive trainings.

Credentials

Regulated Health Care professional in good standing.

Has been practicing since 2013

Language(s)

English

Treatments

Region(s) of service

Hamilton, Halton and Brant